Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome
December 9, 2012 in theaters
The first Cylon war has been raging for 10 years and a young Ensign William Adama joins the fleet. Disappointed not to be assigned to a fighter but to a freighter, his co-pilot also isn't too keen on having a rookie flying his aircraft as he has only a short time before he again becomes a civilian. Their cargo is a civilian scientist, but they no sooner leave than she has new orders for them and a new destination. Although she’s less than forthcoming about the details, Adama is keen—particularly as it involves going into Cylon controlled space. However, nothing is as it seems.
QUOTE
"The first Cylon War isn't over. Not even close."
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The film was originally planned as a full series pilot but budget limitations reduced it to a web series.
THE VERDICT
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Originally produced as a web series pilot and later compiled into a TV movie, Blood & Chrome is set during the first Cylon War and follows a young William Adama in his earliest combat assignments. The prequel framing gives the film a different register than the 2004 series -- more action-forward, less philosophically weighted -- and the visual approach bridges the grittiness of the reimagined series with something closer to conventional military science fiction. It expands the universe's history with competence rather than revelation. A worthy companion piece for BSG completionists that never quite transcends its origins as a pilot that wasn't picked up.
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